Karegi Surname
Approximately 2,666 people bear this surname
Karegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,605 | 1:17,727 | 2,113 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karegi (515) may also be a first name.
Karegi Demographics
Karegi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karegi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karegi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 163,013th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,733,513 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Karegi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 372,418th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 515 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,605 people, or 1 in 17,727. In Kenya Karegi is mostly found in: Meru County, where 33 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 21 percent reside and Tharaka Nithi County, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
Karegi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Karegi surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karegi
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